“You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.” Mother Teresa
Chris Love
Chris Love is an attorney and unapologetic community advocate. A 2005 graduate of the Indian Legal Program, Chris dedicates her career to serving indigenous communities in Arizona and around the Southwest. Her primary areas of focus include board governance, labor and employment, elections, and policy development. Chris is also a fierce advocate for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice. Most recently, she served as an Executive Committee Member and Spokesperson for Prop 139, the successful 2024 ballot initiative that enshrined the fundamental right to abortion in the Arizona Constitution. Chris' work has also heavily focused on electing strong pro reproductive rights candidates at all levels of government. In 2022, she helped flip Arizona, which elected reproductive rights champions Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes.
In her free time, Chris serves as a frequent Democratic commentator on Arizona political television and radio shows. As an avid horror movie fan, she discusses the intersections of horror, race, and reproductive rights as a guest lecturer, on podcasts, and on social media.
Chris lives in Chandler, AZ with her husband Michael, daughter Quinn, and their beloved desert tortoise, Tortie.
Khadijah Bah
Khadijah Bah is a passionate and motivated Bodily Autonomy Advocate. Khadijah is committed to ensuring that all people are able to make fully imformed, confident decisons about their health care by working as an Executive Assistant in the reproducetive justice movement. Khadijah is a graduate of Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University and former Senior Staff Assistant to Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
Barbara Roberts
Barbara Roberts works as a grant consultant and is a seasoned grant development professional with a record of winning millions of dollars for institutions of higher education and healthcare, human services, and arts & culture nonprofits, over her 26-year career. She is expert at identifying funding opportunities, leading project teams, developing compelling applications and reports, and fostering funder relationships.
Barbara has worked with large and small non-profits in three states, building or expanding their grant programs. As senior foundation officer for grant development at a large health system’s foundation in Ohio, Barbara reconstituted its grant department, expanding its service umbrella from three non-profits to seven, as the system absorbed regional hospitals. During year one, while reorganizing and applying for grants, she won awards totaling $750,000 and guided the work of two grant-making committees: one funding community projects and one funding in-hospital projects.
Having started her grants career at a community health center in Arizona, in Ohio Barbara volunteered on the board of a community health center. Now in Arizona, she volunteers with Bea at Peace Doulas and with Healthcare Rising Arizona, which organizes citizens’ initiatives to address health care issues such as predatory debt collection and abortion access.
Barbara earned a BA degree in Sociology from Indiana University and an MA in Counseling for Children and Their Families from Antioch University. She initially worked in human services as a parent educator and family counselor. She later became the multidisciplinary coordinator for a family services project serving western Maricopa County, Arizona. Through that position Barbara wrote her first two grant applications and then moved into grant development permanently. After joining the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) she became co-editor of its peer-reviewed journal. Later, Barbara chaired the GPA’s Publication Committee, overseeing the journal, strategy papers, and weekly online newsletter.
Rujuta Takalkar
Rujuta is a medical student in Phoenix, AZ with a strong commitment to reproductive justice and health equity. Her clinical and advocacy interests focus on reducing barriers to comprehensive reproductive healthcare and supporting abortion access. She is involved with Medical Students for Choice and other student-led initiatives to incorporate health justice principles into medical education. She is originally from the Valley and enjoys hiking, cooking, and reading in her free time.